Chapada Diamantina and Lencois Maranhenses

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SUGGESTED ITINERARY

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DAY 1- Arrival in Rio de Janeiro for dinner

Arrival in Rio de Janeiro

Private transfer to your hotel

Dinner

Overnight at the hotel

Leaving the International Airport you will start to experience the amazing natural beauty as you ride around Guanabara`s bay, through the Corcovado Mountain, by Rodrigo de Freitas` lagoon until you reach your hotel. Founded in 1565, by the Portuguese, Rio is the capital city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city in Brazil. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site. Rio is the most well known Brazilian city, with famous landmarks like Copacabana beach, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Christ the Redeemer Statue; Maracana Stadium, among others.

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DAY 2 – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel

Morning Downtown historical walking tour

Lunch at Confeitaria Colombo

Afternoon visit of the National Museum (once the house of the King of Portugal and the Emperors of Brazil)

Dinner and Overnight

National Museum – The National Museum was established by the King of Portugal Dom João VI (1769–1826) in 1818 with the name of Royal Museum, in an initiative to stimulate scientific research in Brazil, which until then was an immense and wild colony, practically unexplored by science. Initially the Museum sheltered botanical and animal specimens, especially birds, what caused the old building where it was located in center of Rio de Janeiro, to be known by the population as the "House of the Birds".

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DAY 3 – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Transfer to the airport

Fly to Salvador

Arrival in Salvador

Historical city tour on the way to the hotel

Dinner

Overnight

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DAY 5 – - (THURSDAY)- Breakfast & Dinner. P.S: Flights to Lencois are on Thursdays and Sundays only Depart to Lencois (Chapada Diamantina)

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After breakfast head towards the wonders of Chapada: Enchanted Pit (Poço Encantado) / Blue Pit (Poço Azul) These are flooded caves that get a blueish color due to the light rays that come into the caves

Lunch

Flotation on the Blue Hole

Afterwards transfer to Igatu to spend the evening

Dinner

Overnight

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DAY 7 –(DOMINGO)- Breakfast. P.S: Flights to Lencois are on Thursdays and Sundays only

Transfer from Igatu to Lencois Airport for flight to Salvador

Arrival in Sao Luis

Overnight

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DAY 8 –Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, Transfer to Barreirinhas. (+/- 3 hours)

Upon arrival in Barreirinhas, visit to the impressive National Park of Lencois Maranhenses

Riding 4x4 Cars, we will cross Preguicas` River (Rio Preguica)

and will drive along sand roads for approximately 40 minutes until we reach the Blue Lagoon (Lagoa Azul)

After a 20 minutes walk, one reaches the Fish Lagoon (Lagoa dos Peixes)

Before reuturning to the hotel (Pousada), we will see one of the most beautiful sunsets in the World

Overnight in Barreirinhas

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DAY 9 –Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Barreirinhas to Caburé

After breakfast we start our trip to Cabure on speed boats along Preguicas` River

On the way to Cabure, our first stop is at Vassouras, where we also find Prego monkeys

Next stop is at Mandacaru`s Lighthouse

Finally the tour ends in Cabure

Check in the hotel (Pousada)

Lunch

Rest of the day free to enjoy the area

Dinner

Overnight

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DAY 10 –Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Caburé to Parnaíba

After breakfast, the tour starts heading to Parnaiba on 4X4 trasnportation

Another 110 kilometers until the tour reaches Parnaíba, after crossing the border between the states of Maranhao and Piaui

Lunch

Visit to Barcas' Harbour

Afterwards, check in at the Hotel (Pousada)

Free Afternoon

Dinner

Overnight

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DAY 12 –Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Parnaíba - Jericoacoara

After breakfast, transfer to Tatus` harbor to board the tour to the Delta of Parnaiba

During the tour the boat will stop at Big Island of Santa Isabel (Ilha Grande de Santa Isabel)

then the tour exploits Periquitos` Igarape and Poldros` Igarape

Lunch

back to Tatus` harbor, the day continues to Coreau River

After crossing the river, the tour reaches the Love Island (Ilha do Amor)